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"Franz Ferdinand are a rock band from Glasgow, Scotland named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The members are Alex Kapranos (lead vocals, guitar), Bob Hardy (bass guitar), Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboard, vocals), and Paul Thomson (drums, backing vocals). The band's debut self-titled album (released in 2004) debuted on the UK album charts at number three and won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize before their second album charted at number 1.

In late 2001, singer and guitarist Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy began playing music together in Glasgow. After meeting Nick McCarthy at a party, they began to rehearse together at McCarthy's house. McCarthy was classically trained on the piano and double bass but initially played drums. The trio then met up with Paul Thomson who had played drums with Yummy Fur. Thomson originally was going to play guitar because he wanted to try something other than drums. However, once Nick started playing the drums, Alex and Bob realized that Nick didn't know how to play them. Quote '...when he said he could play the drums what he meant was that he could hit them but in no coherent order'. Thomson took over on drums, and McCarthy moved to lead guitar. Thomson was described by Kapranos as the best drummer in Glasgow, but refers to how Paul wanted to be seen by the audience, hence refusing to use rack toms. However, by late 2005 Paul was using rack toms."

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